Spec Check

Yarkanat · 27 Apr 2007 at 18:51

I will order in a few days so:

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)
Asus GeForce 8800 GTS HTDP 640MB GDDR3
Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen LCD
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

I already have all other equipment. How does it look?

mattyj1085 · 27 Apr 2007 at 18:54

looks good, personally id get this ram Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663)
its a steal at that price
and this graphics card BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Yarkanat · 27 Apr 2007 at 18:57

Im a noob but how big is the difference between 5300 and 6400? I plan on overclocking the core 2 duo.

And had a typo there, its the 640MB version of the GTS

mattyj1085 · 27 Apr 2007 at 21:19

Yarkanat said:
Im a noob but how big is the difference between 5300 and 6400? I plan on overclocking the core 2 duo.

And had a typo there, its the 640MB version of the GTS

the difference is the 5300 is designed to run at 667mhz and the 6400 at 800mhz but apparently the ballistics uses the same chips on all its ram and its excellent for overclocking can do 1000mhz+.
If your getting a 640mb GTS I would still recommend getting the BFG one as its cheaper clocked higher and comes with a lifetime warrenty.

Yarkanat · 28 Apr 2007 at 10:48

Ok man thats great! Thanks for the tips! Will order on monday.

Is the mobo ok?

Will_3rd · 28 Apr 2007 at 10:58

Yeah the mobo is fine, you could get the DS3P though which has extra features such as Firewire, Crossfire and other all round improvements.

Yarkanat · 28 Apr 2007 at 17:36

Ok. Is there an SLI board about the same price? If the gts gets beaten by new games I think SLI would give it a nice boost. MAX I want to pay from a mobo is ~140-150 £